bassouny awad
Jul 8, 2025
I Bet on My Startup and Lost Everything
I was 27 when I quit my job in Seoul and poured everything into a wellness startup. It wasn’t a careless move — I planned for months, studied market trends, pitched to friends, and…
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Korean entrepreneur poured everything into a startup when he quit his job in Seoul and lost everything . He had planned for months, studied market trends, pitched to friends, and even got a small angel investor . But he misread how fast the wellness trend would fade, especially after COVID.
There’s a comeback in this one. I’ve started rebuilding my savings, slowly. I journal every night — not about business ideas, but about fear. And the one thing I…
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